THE Wear Sunscreen song was originally an essay written by Mary Schmich, and published in 1997 in the Chicago Tribune. It gives life advice, and quickly went viral, before it was then turned into ...

Associate Editor Joe Leonard said the newspaper receives 5 percent of the song’s royalties from Capitol Records and gives Schmich a cut. But because “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen ...

How director Baz Luhrmann’s unusual pop song became a global hit. Show more Twenty years ago the music track, Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) became a global hit. It featured a wise ...

In an introduction to her 2008 book “Wear Sunscreen ... Either way, good advice, like the “sunscreen song,” endures.

If you grew up in the 90s, you probably heard the song at least once - but did you know that it was originally an essay? THE Wear Sunscreen song was originally an essay written by Mary Schmich ...